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Creating build-ups
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07-07-2010 5:42pm#1
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I like to record an 8 bar riser on sylenth, fairly basic, just using the cut-off filter, and set the decay to rise just near the end of the note.
Then once I'm happy with the sound and tone (i.e: smooth for house, gritty for tech, throw and lfo in there for electro), I'll bounce it down to audio. Then in ableton (I'm sure it's the same with any DAW) I'll bring it back into a channel, set it to 're-pitch', and drag it to 16bars (double the original length), then in another channel I'll put 8bar riser, repeating the same as above but leaving the length at 8bars, then repeating the step again, but halfing the riser to 4 bars, repeat again, then to 2 bars, then repeaat again to 1bar.
So what you should have now is 5 channels, with 5 risers, all ending at the same point (not starting). Send all of the outputs to one channel, mix them down so they sound smooth, and add a bit of reverb.
Record what you're hearing and bounce it down to audio. The final result should give you an EPIC riser, that increases in tension constantly. You can then bang this into your mix, use sidechain compression with your kicks to make it pumping... Play a white noise riser over it for added effect. And I absolutely love adding a white noise 'crash'. Just a qtr note, with plenty of delay on the first hit after the riser... Instant fan-fare.
Another good tip I think is putting a filter on all your effects, you reverb sends, delay sends, etc., etc. Filter out all the low ends, say anything below 300hz, maybe 500hz... This way when your reverbs are building, as you'll likely be using them on a few seperate channels, they don't get all 'muggy', and you can just hear the high end tension, but the bass notes stay 'solid' and straight.
Hope this helps.
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I like to record an 8 bar riser on sylenth, fairly basic, just using the cut-off filter, and set the decay to rise just near the end of the note.
Then once I'm happy with the sound and tone (i.e: smooth for house, gritty for tech, throw and lfo in there for electro), I'll bounce it down to audio. Then in ableton (I'm sure it's the same with any DAW) I'll bring it back into a channel, set it to 're-pitch', and drag it to 16bars (double the original length), then in another channel I'll put 8bar riser, repeating the same as above but leaving the length at 8bars, then repeating the step again, but halfing the riser to 4 bars, repeat again, then to 2 bars, then repeaat again to 1bar.
So what you should have now is 5 channels, with 5 risers, all ending at the same point (not starting). Send all of the outputs to one channel, mix them down so they sound smooth, and add a bit of reverb.
Record what you're hearing and bounce it down to audio. The final result should give you an EPIC riser, that increases in tension constantly. You can then bang this into your mix, use sidechain compression with your kicks to make it pumping... Play a white noise riser over it for added effect. And I absolutely love adding a white noise 'crash'. Just a qtr note, with plenty of delay on the first hit after the riser... Instant fan-fare.
Another good tip I think is putting a filter on all your effects, you reverb sends, delay sends, etc., etc. Filter out all the low ends, say anything below 300hz, maybe 500hz... This way when your reverbs are building, as you'll likely be using them on a few seperate channels, they don't get all 'muggy', and you can just hear the high end tension, but the bass notes stay 'solid' and straight.
Hope this helps.
-A
Good tip Adam!
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